Fernandez is charged with first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary and discharging a firearm into a building.

The robbery took place at 5:12 a.m. Nov. 14 at an apartment in the 1000 block of Vinson Avenue in East Gadsden. The 18-year-old resident told police he answered a knock at the door to find an armed male.

The victim told police he was asked where everything was and then was ordered to the floor. He also reported being struck in the back of the head at some point during the robbery, and a shot was fired in the apartment.

Two television sets, a cellphone and cash were taken.

Jackson said when deputies saw warrants issued Nov. 16 for Fernandez's arrest, they called Gadsden police.

<p>A man was arrested after a routine traffic stop Monday on robbery and burglary charges in connection with a November apartment robbery in Gadsden. </p><p>Erick Rafael Fernandez, 18, was arrested after deputies with the Etowah County Sheriff's Office made the traffic stop, Gadsden Police Capt. Bobby Jackson said.</p><p>Fernandez is charged with first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary and discharging a firearm into a building.</p><p>The robbery took place at 5:12 a.m. Nov. 14 at an apartment in the 1000 block of Vinson Avenue in East Gadsden. The 18-year-old resident told police he answered a knock at the door to find an armed male.</p><p>The victim told police he was asked where everything was and then was ordered to the floor. He also reported being struck in the back of the head at some point during the robbery, and a shot was fired in the apartment. </p><p>Two television sets, a cellphone and cash were taken.</p><p>Jackson said when deputies saw warrants issued Nov. 16 for Fernandez's arrest, they called Gadsden police. </p><p>Fernandez is in the Etowah County Detention Center on $15,000 bond.</p>